(1) Whether the register of all legal practitioners which also indicates their gender assists the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to fill vacant judicial positions to meet transformation considerations (details furnished); if not, why not; if so, what does the register indicate regarding the (a) existing demographic totals of registered and practicing judicial officers in terms of (i) Blacks and (ii) Whites and (b) levels of experience; (2) (a) why has it become an imperative for the JSC to establish the progressive credentials of all the candidates and (b) how will his department avoid racial tensions within the department?